RUSHING HOME TO REST –An identified hospital frontliner rushes home after completing her duty hours at a city hospital in Dagupan City forgetting to leave her used protective equipment behind. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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FLATTENING THE CURVE AS of 9:00 a.m. on April 17, the COVID-19 infection in Pangasinan is closer to flattening the curve after determining that only two cities and five towns are infected while 41 towns and cities are already free of the coronavirus. The updated statistics released by the Provincial…
Only 5 towns, 2 cities infected by COVID-19
PROVINCIAL COVID-19 UPDATE IF the trend continues, Pangasinan hospitals appear to be succeeding in reversing conditions of confirmed COVID-19 cases. As of April 17, the Provincial Health Office reported that 14 patients positive of COVID-19 have recovered, with no new reported confirmed cases for the five straight days from April 9 to April 13. But on April…
9 deaths, 14 recovered, 13 others still confined
THE Extreme Enhanced Quarantine (EECQ) in Pangasinan has been extended by Gov. Amado Espino III up to April 30, after two previous extensions, first up to April 14 and second up to April 21. Espino issued Executive Order No. 1019-2029 amending the extension of EECQ from April 21 to April 30,…
Governor Espino extends Pangasinan’s EECQ to April 30
A three-year-old boy, symptomatic of COVID-19 from Brgy. Mestizo Norte in San Carlos City, died Tuesday afternoon, April 14, at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital. The City Information Office in a Facebook post confirmed that the child had no travel history outside their residence for the past 14 days. “The patient…
San Carlos City lists first COVID-19 death
A POLICE officer from Baragay Turac in San Carlos City and based in Camp Crame has tested positive of COVID-19. The police lieutenant positive of COVID-19, was included in a health advisory regarding Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel who underwent polymerase chain reaction swab test at the Research Institute for…
Cop tested COVID-19 positive
MORE HELP NEEDED — Dagupan City Vice Mayor Bryan Kua, extreme right, listens to the Dagupan City Councilors Carlos Reyna, Michael Fernandez, Lino Fernandez, Joshua Bugayong and SP Secretary Ryan Ravanzo continue their discussion on proposed mitigation measures for the city during a break. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
MORE HELP NEEDED
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed an ordinance on April 14 that made wearing of face masks mandatory by all persons in the city, particularly when outside of their residences, at their workplaces, inside government buildings and offices and in all public areas during the Enhanced Community Quarantine. Persons must wear face masks, too…
Wearing of face masks in Dagupan mandatory
THE mayor of Mangatarem was charged by a policeman for allegedly disrespecting a person in authority at a checkpoint at the town’s Barangay Dorongan Punta. According to P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, provincial director, Mangatarem Mayor Ramil Ventenilla was charged with grave oral defamation and is facing administrative charges after shouting invectives…
Mayor charged by cop for oral defamation
CAPITOL NEWS COVID-19 MASS TESTING PREPARATION. Governor Amado I. Espino III has directed Provincial Health Officer Anna Ma. Teresa De Guzman to step up preparations for the COVID-19 mass testing. In a meeting with some department heads at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center II grounds on April 15, Gov….
